Colorado shooter intended to kill many more

Hello! I'm Kristin Volk on this Tuesday, December 11, 2007 with a UPI top news update.

A gunman who stormed a missionary training center and a church in Colorado Sunday apparently intended to shoot many more victims before he was gunned down himself. Twenty-four year old Matthew Murray killed four people, two at the training center and two at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. At the church, Murray carried an assault rifle, two handguns and as many as a thousand rounds of ammunition. The gunman was fatally shot by a church security guard.

Former NFL superstar Michael Vick is behind bars, serving time for financing a dogfighting ring and helping to kill pit bulls that didn't fight well. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 23 months in prison in federal court in Richmond, Virginia. Federal sentencing guidelines recommended a sentence of 12 to 18 months. In court yesterday, Vick said he's willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for his actions.

Meanwhile, former media mogul Conrad Black is serving time for his role in defrauding shareholders and skimming cash from his Hollinger International newspaper conglomerate. A federal judge sentenced Black yesterday to six and a half years in prison. He was also ordered to pay back 6 million dollars. Black has vowed to appeal his conviction and has ten days to begin the process.

Two car bombings in Algeria have left at least 45 dead. The attacks happened earlier today, hitting a residential area and the U.N. offices in Algiers. There's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident and no initial report on the number of people injured. Scores of people have already been killed in Algeria this year. Many of the bombings have been attributed to Al-Qaida militants.

That's all for now. Go to upi.com to check out our special series on Africa. Thanks for watching.

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[chicagofarmer]

@meoldmanbrandon Police reports state his gun was jammed, as another church member disarmed the shooter after jeannie has shot him.

The chruch member stated the gun was jammed and he cleared the weapon and began the hunt for a supposidely second shooter.

The gunman could no have shot himself the gun was jammed.

[meoldmanbrandon]

R.I.P and she did not kill him he shot his self i know i live in C-springs

[grumpybb]

Of course the shooter planned to shoot many more people, that's why he picked a "gun free zone". Luckily he didn't expect for there to be an armed citizen and she put up a gunfight which caused him to retreat and put a bullet in his own head. This is a perfect example of how an armed citizen can potentially make a huge difference in the outcome. Instead of having dozens killed (he had around 1000 rds of ammo) it was limited to 4 people killed.